Couldn’t resist trying out this figure using soft pastels on ArtSpectrum Colourfix sanded paper (in a tan color).
Author: cathmary1030
Eye Studies
Drawing eyes is not the same as painting eyes! (I think I can draw them better than I can paint them.)
The first eye is from the head-scarf lady (with the highlight added). The second painted eye is from another PaintCoach Patreon tutorial. The drawn eyes are from the Draw Awesome online class I took in 2022.
Woman in Head Scarf… my first portrait
Yep, she looks cartoon-like. LOL. But now I’ve gotten my first portrait under my belt. It’s difficult to make soft edges and do blending with acrylics since they dry so fast — I will have to try oils sometime soon.
Again, as with so much that I’m painting these days, this was from an online tutorial by PaintCoach. I tried using Golden Open Acrylics thinking they would work more like oils — that’s how they seem to be advertised — uh, no, didn’t work at all. The light on her face looks more like a crazy mask than seamlessly blended in.
Christmas Ornaments.. an Online Tutorial from Paintcoach
I did this work in acrylic on a 6×6 canvas board that I added a layer of acrylic gesso to before I started.
In doing this “still life” (for lack of a better term) today, I scored a victory of sorts. I only used the 3 primaries (lemon yellow, alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue) plus titanium white. And I got all those different colors! I’m finally moving forward on the journey of intuitively mixing colors! Cheers!
Paint Week Nov 2023 — Landscape
Paint Week 2023 is going on this week, and the subject to paint is a kayaker on a river lined by mangroves. Although I’m working on a portrait tutorial by the same teacher, I took some time out to paint the landscape on a 9×12 canvas.
The subject didn’t particularly excite me; that’s probably apparent in my results. I find the value map helpful as a concept, but painting-wise, the burnt sienna underpainting shows through too much, which I don’t like. Maybe if I were using oils it would work better?
Girl in a White Dress — Finished!
This is the first human figure I’ve painted! Yesterday, I said this was a 9×12 — no, it’s actually 11×14, which is the biggest canvas I’ve painted on so far.
I’m actually fairly pleased with this. And I’m including a work-in-progress photo, because I changed a lot of the colors.
Girl in a White Dress… the Ugly Stage
This work, Girl in a White Dress, is yet another online tutorial on the PaintCoach Patreon page. It’s 9×12, toned in pale umber, and drawn out in willow charcoal.
Right now, I’m mapping out the big shapes of the water, with the colors to be adjusted later.
Finished! New England Landscape
Finally had time to paint again after watching so much baseball — This is the finished work from the Patreon lesson.
(The photo of the completed painting was taken in a different room with only natural light coming in from southern windows; the other one was taken in my “studio” (dining room table) under the bright light of a work lamp.)
New England Landscape.. Continued
I’m continuing to work on this landscape. I painted over the first take of the yellow ochre to make it more golden, and I think the lighter green up front is too saturated/yellow, and I need to darken it.
What is left to do is the leaves on the tree, the flowers in the meadow, and the grassy definition of the path to the house.
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